Bell.



J. R. KIDNEY.

BELL.

APPLICATION FILED 0012s, 1909.

Patented Feb.22, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSIAH R. KIDNEY, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE STARR BROS. BELL CO., OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

BELL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 23, 1909.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

Serial No. 524,199.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josuu It. Kioxnv, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Hampton, in the county of h liddlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bells; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the numerals of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, iii- Figure 1 a plan view of a hell embodying my invention shown with the gong removed. Fig. 2 a sectional view of a double bell embodying my invention. Fig. 3 an edge view of the cam-ring detached. Fig. 4t a face view of the cam-ring detached. Fig. 5 a face view showing the pinion-ring engaged with the pinion. .Fig. (3 a broken side view partially in section of the two rings coupled together, with the pinion, and mounted on the spindle. Fig.7 a transverse sectional view showing the cam coupled with the spindle.

This invention relates to an improvement in bells, and particularly to that class in which the bells are rotated and the hammers operated so as to give a plurality of strokes at one movement of the operating lover.

The object of the invention is a simple and effective arrangement of parts whereby the hammers are caused to strike the bell and in which the lever returns to its operative position without interfering with the movement of the bells or the hammers; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In illustrating my invention I have shown it as applied to a so called double bell, that is, a bell with two gongs but both of which are operated by a single lever; but it is apparent without illustration that the invention is equally applicable to bells having single gongs.

In carrying out my invention I employ a frame 2 adapted to be secured to a bicycle or other vehicle in the usual manner, the frame including a three-armed web 3. Mounted in a hub t at the center of the frame is a spindle 5 on which is mounted a pinion 6 which meshes with a rack 7 carried by the outer end of the lever S pivoted to the frame and terminating in an outwardly projecting thumb-piece 5), this lever being connected to one arm of the web 2) by a spiral spring 10. Surrounding the outer end of this pinion is a pinion-ring 11 which is secured to it by forming the inner edge of the ring with teeth 12 which are adapted to enter between the teeth of the pinion so as to turn with the pinion, and in this ring are perforations 13 preferably three in number, to receive lugs It struck outward from the face of a cam-ring l?) which corresponds in diameter to the ring 1.1 and which is provided with inwardly projecting cams 16 preferably three in number for the purpose as will hereinafter appear. 'lhese two rings are coupled together by a sheetanetal collar 17 and so that the two rings are secured together without riveting, thus making a very Hat and smooth ctnistruction.

Extending through the spindle 5 is a transverse hole 18 in which is placed a pin 24: longer than the diameter of the spindle and so as to project beyond one side thereof and into the path of the various cams 1(3. Secured to and carried by the spindle is a cam arm 19 which extends into the path of the hammeuhead 20 mounted upon a spiral spring 21 the lower end of which is secured to the frame. In a double bell a cam arm will be attached to each end of the spindle and a bell-hammer project inward from opposite sides of the frame to be operated by these cams. The rotation of the cams draws the hammer-heads inward, and then releases them to snap back against the gongs 22. The movement of the lever S by the thumb-piece 9 turns the pinion (3 and when turned one end of the pin Qet will engage the shoulder 23 of one of the cams 1(3, and so that the rotation of the pinion rotates the spindle and the cams carried thereby which in turning engage with the hammerhead 20 so as to snap them against the gong. The bells act as fly wheels and so that one movement of the lever will impart sufficient momentum of the bells to cause them to revolve several times, and hence the hammers will repeatedly strike the bell. In a double bell the cam arms will be arranged to pro ject in the opposite direction so that first one bell will be sounded and then the other. WVhen the lever is released the spring 10 draws it to its normal position and turns the pinion in the opposite direction from which it was turned in the first movement. In moving in this reverse direction the cams 16 ride over the pin 19 which is moved back and forth by the several cams without, however, moving the spindle which is free to continue the motion first imparted to it, and yet which will catch at any point during the movement of the rack 7. By securing the cam ring and the pinion ring together, as described, the parts are readily struck up, and as before stated, avoid rivets and assure trueness which would not be possible with rivets as they are liable to bulge or distort the metal. It Will be seen that the clutch for imparting motion to the cam arms is a positive clutch, yet permits the bells and the cam-arms to freely revolve in the desired direction for ringing the bell.

I claim:

1. A bell comprising a frame, a spindle mounted therein, a pin transversely movable through said spindle, a clutch comprising a ring having a cam surface to engage with said pin in one direction, a pinion-holding ring connected with said cam-ring, a pinion coupled with said pinion ring, a segmental rack engaging with said pinion, means for moving said rack, a cam-arm carried by said spindle, a bell mounted on said spindle, and a hammer-head connected with the frame and arranged in the path of said camarm.

2. A bell comprising a frame, a lever pivoted to said frame and formed with a segmental rack and with an operating handle, a spring connecting said lever with the frame, a spindle mounted in the frame, a pinion on said spindle and meshing with said rack, a pinion-ring coupled with said pinion, a cam-ring, one of said rings provided with holes and the other with studs to engage therewith, a sleeve surrounding and coupling said rings together, a trans verse pin extending through said spindle in line with said cams, a cam-arm mounted on said spindle, a bell mounted on said spindle, and a bell-hammer connected with the frame and arranged to extend in the path of said cam-arm.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSIAH R. KIDNEY.

WVitnesses:

JOHN P. LAMB, LAVINIA B. MARKHAM. 

